ABSTRACT
Both freshwater ecoregions are lake systems. The case studies of the Amu Darya river basin and the Great Lakes include an analysis of the social, economic and political settings, of government and nongovernment organizations, of the network structure, of property-rights systems, of operational, collective and constitutional-choice rules, as well as monitoring and sanctioning rules. The analysis of the Amu Darya river basin discusses both the Interstate Commission for Water Cooperation in Central Asia and the International Fund to save the Aral Sea. The analysis of the Great Lakes ecoregion discusses both the International Joint Commission between the United States and Canada and the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council. The governance system of the Great Lakes ecoregion is remarkably similar to that of the Baltic Sea.
